Those kinds of questions happen because people don't read when there is a person there they can ask instead

Sometimes this is true, but clearly we are talking just plain stupid questions. At Disney, we usd to chalk it up to people being in a very different environment from there home - sort of being generally disoriented, because asking questions like "what time is the 3 o'clock Parade" has little to do with reading and more to do with thinking and comprehending.

We contatnly saw that those visitors who drove hundereds of miles to visit were less prone to stupid questions than those who flew, but whether it was because finding one's way to Florida from Illinois by car requires more thought than flying, or that flying can disorient you immediately, I don't know.

I remember flying from Orlando to Iceland in February. On leaving Orlando, the tem was 79 F Getting in to Keflavik the temp was 28 F. Certainly a shock.


I've done a fair amount of retail work and of course, my tours that I do these days are almost entirely locals, but I still get some pretty stupid questions. But in truth, much of what I get is based on ignorance, which is something that a historian specializing in Central Florida history just has to accept.